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T.J. Miller talks about leaving Silicon Valley, and how he turned down an offer to stay...
HBO gave Silicon Valley season 5 the go-ahead, but they’ll be leaving behind a major Pied Piper investor. While the renewal news was floating around for the hit HBO comedy, Vulture learned that T.J. Miller will be leaving the series at the conclusion of the currently airing fourth season.
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The publication quoted a HBO rep on Miller’s departure: “In Erlich Bachman, T.J. has brought to life an unforgettable character, and while his presence on the show will be missed, we appreciate his contribution and look forward to future collaborations.”
And now, Miller himself has shared a lot of extra detail in a revealing interview with The Hollywood Reporter. He gave this candid answer...
T.J. Miller talks about leaving Silicon Valley, and how he turned down an offer to stay...
HBO gave Silicon Valley season 5 the go-ahead, but they’ll be leaving behind a major Pied Piper investor. While the renewal news was floating around for the hit HBO comedy, Vulture learned that T.J. Miller will be leaving the series at the conclusion of the currently airing fourth season.
See related Fast & Furious 8 review Fast & Furious 8 Blu-ray/DVD release date and bonus features
The publication quoted a HBO rep on Miller’s departure: “In Erlich Bachman, T.J. has brought to life an unforgettable character, and while his presence on the show will be missed, we appreciate his contribution and look forward to future collaborations.”
And now, Miller himself has shared a lot of extra detail in a revealing interview with The Hollywood Reporter. He gave this candid answer...
- 5/25/2017
- Den of Geek
Pied Piper is losing a main member of its team.
Et has confirmed that T.J. Miller will not be reprising his character, Erlich Bachman, on HBO's Silicon Valley, despite the show being renewed for a fifth season. "The producers of Silicon Valley and T.J. Miller have mutually agreed that T.J. will not return for season five," HBO said in a statement. "In Erlich Bachman, T.J. has brought to life an unforgettable character, and while his presence on the show will be missed, we appreciate his contribution and look forward to future collaborations."
Watch: T.J. Miller Addresses Battery Arrest During Critics' Choice Awards Monologue
While he won't be starring on Silicon Valley, which will return in 2018, Miller has a few movies on the horizon. Last week, the 35-year-old actor attended the Cannes Film Festival to promote his upcoming movie, Wonderstruck, and has also been confirmed to have a part in Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One.
On...
Et has confirmed that T.J. Miller will not be reprising his character, Erlich Bachman, on HBO's Silicon Valley, despite the show being renewed for a fifth season. "The producers of Silicon Valley and T.J. Miller have mutually agreed that T.J. will not return for season five," HBO said in a statement. "In Erlich Bachman, T.J. has brought to life an unforgettable character, and while his presence on the show will be missed, we appreciate his contribution and look forward to future collaborations."
Watch: T.J. Miller Addresses Battery Arrest During Critics' Choice Awards Monologue
While he won't be starring on Silicon Valley, which will return in 2018, Miller has a few movies on the horizon. Last week, the 35-year-old actor attended the Cannes Film Festival to promote his upcoming movie, Wonderstruck, and has also been confirmed to have a part in Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One.
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- 5/25/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
T.J. Miller has a tendency to be larger than life. The actor and comedian has made a name for himself by doing his own thing, bigly, in everything from Silicon Valley to Deadpool, recently making several off-the-wall appearances this year as himself on pal Pete Holmes’ HBO show, Crashing.
Since 2012 Miller has acted as the titular blue alien behind The Gorburger Show, a faux-Japanese TV show created by Ryan McNeely and Josh Martin. While Gorburger has kicked around as a webseries in various forms since its inception, it’ll make its debut on Comedy Central as a full-fledged television show April 9, with an episode called “Vape Is Life.” In anticipation of the comedy series’ step up, The A.V. Club checked in with Miller to find out what makes him laugh.
Mucinex lean
The A.V. Club: You put “Mucinex lean” on your list of hilarious things ...
Since 2012 Miller has acted as the titular blue alien behind The Gorburger Show, a faux-Japanese TV show created by Ryan McNeely and Josh Martin. While Gorburger has kicked around as a webseries in various forms since its inception, it’ll make its debut on Comedy Central as a full-fledged television show April 9, with an episode called “Vape Is Life.” In anticipation of the comedy series’ step up, The A.V. Club checked in with Miller to find out what makes him laugh.
Mucinex lean
The A.V. Club: You put “Mucinex lean” on your list of hilarious things ...
- 4/7/2017
- by Marah Eakin
- avclub.com
Last night’s episode of TV Land’s “Throwing Shade” jumped politically from the likes of Mike Huckabee to crowdfunded breast milk fro-yo. In a sketch detailing the absurdity of paid maternity not being considered a right for women, Erin and Bryan have created their own crowdfunding methods for having a baby. Because, as Erin warns, in this day and age having a baby means that “not only do you have to deal with morning sickness, now you have to learn iMovie.”
“Throwing Shade’s” Bryan Safi and Erin Gibson’s partnership goes way back to their early days of writing for the Current TV comedy news show “Infomania.” After the death of said comedy news show, the two brought their chemistry into the more personal realm of a podcast pertinent to their specific issues. With its podcast roots, and a subsequent series produced by Funny or Die, “Throwing Shade...
“Throwing Shade’s” Bryan Safi and Erin Gibson’s partnership goes way back to their early days of writing for the Current TV comedy news show “Infomania.” After the death of said comedy news show, the two brought their chemistry into the more personal realm of a podcast pertinent to their specific issues. With its podcast roots, and a subsequent series produced by Funny or Die, “Throwing Shade...
- 3/8/2017
- by Maya Reddy
- Indiewire
Detroit natives Sam Richardson of “Veep” and “SNL” alum Tim Robinson want to buy Detroit a beer. Or at least a beer at upwards of 20 select bars within the Detroit area. To celebrate the premiere of their upcoming show, Richardson and Robinson present their boozy offer in a new video showcasing their frenetic energy, urging viewers to get a free drink on them during the airing of the first episode.
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The two bounce off each other with easy familiarity, denoting the friendship that’s spanned since their time in Detroit, when the pair met at Second City. Chronicling two small-time advertisers’ misadventures in Detroit, “Detroiters” pays a hefty homage to the city and its people. In a city that’s had its fair share of economic issues, with the ups and downs of the auto industry,...
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The two bounce off each other with easy familiarity, denoting the friendship that’s spanned since their time in Detroit, when the pair met at Second City. Chronicling two small-time advertisers’ misadventures in Detroit, “Detroiters” pays a hefty homage to the city and its people. In a city that’s had its fair share of economic issues, with the ups and downs of the auto industry,...
- 2/6/2017
- by Maya Reddy
- Indiewire
In March of last year, Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer’s Comedy Central series “Broad City” aired an episode that featured a guest appearance by then candidate Hillary Clinton. Now, ten months later, Donald Trump has been elected the 45th President of the United States, and the two best friends are handling it like the impending apocalypse.
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In their new web video “Inauguration Uncensored,” in which the only word that’s censored is the word “Trump,” Abbi is stuck in an elevator on election day while Ilana is holed up in her apartment prepared for the worst. Knowing that they won’t be next to each other when Trump is sworn in, they talk over FaceTime and share their fury and fear. When they finally get the push notification informing them that Trump is officially President,...
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In their new web video “Inauguration Uncensored,” in which the only word that’s censored is the word “Trump,” Abbi is stuck in an elevator on election day while Ilana is holed up in her apartment prepared for the worst. Knowing that they won’t be next to each other when Trump is sworn in, they talk over FaceTime and share their fury and fear. When they finally get the push notification informing them that Trump is officially President,...
- 1/20/2017
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
The Gorburger Show is making its TV debut. This week, Comedy Central announced they've ordered the digital talk show as a linear TV series.From Tj Miller, the alternative talk show originated as a digital short on Funny or Die. In the series, Miller will voice Gorburger, a giant blue monster "who, after invading a Japanese television variety show and enslaving its staff, broadcasts from Japan and interviews guests in an attempt to understand what it means to be human." Previous guests have included Jack Black, Carson Daly, Henry Rollins, Flea, Wayne Coyne, Eagles of Death Metal, Grouplove, and Tegan and Sara.Read More…...
- 1/15/2017
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Actress, author and comedian Amy Sedaris is heading to TruTV with a new half-hour comedy series. Ahead of the network’s Television Critics Association panel, TruTV has ordered a 10-episode first season of an Untitled Amy Sedaris Project.
The scripted series is created by and will star Sedaris, and follow her as she applies “her sincere yet distinctive brand of silliness to create a rich world that showcases her diverse – but necessary – homemaking skills.”
“I’ve been doing this show in my head for years. It will be terrific to get it on TV so I can free up some wiggle room up in my skull,” Sedaris said in a statement.
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The comedy will be a one-of-a-kind mash up of hospitality, variety and talk show formats. Through her imaginative characters and unique point of view,...
The scripted series is created by and will star Sedaris, and follow her as she applies “her sincere yet distinctive brand of silliness to create a rich world that showcases her diverse – but necessary – homemaking skills.”
“I’ve been doing this show in my head for years. It will be terrific to get it on TV so I can free up some wiggle room up in my skull,” Sedaris said in a statement.
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The comedy will be a one-of-a-kind mash up of hospitality, variety and talk show formats. Through her imaginative characters and unique point of view,...
- 1/14/2017
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
Break out the celebratory booze: Comedy Central has renewed Drunk History for a fifth season.
The renewal of the Emmy-winning history primer was announced Friday during the Television Critics Association winter press tour. Hosted by creator Derek Waters, Drunk History reenacts key moments in history, narrated by heavily inebriated experts. And this past season featured its highest-profile storyteller yet, with Hamilton‘s Lin-Manuel Miranda narrating the tale of Alexander Hamilton (Alia Shawkat) and Aaron Burr (Aubrey Plaza).
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Season 5 of Drunk History will run 14 episodes,...
The renewal of the Emmy-winning history primer was announced Friday during the Television Critics Association winter press tour. Hosted by creator Derek Waters, Drunk History reenacts key moments in history, narrated by heavily inebriated experts. And this past season featured its highest-profile storyteller yet, with Hamilton‘s Lin-Manuel Miranda narrating the tale of Alexander Hamilton (Alia Shawkat) and Aaron Burr (Aubrey Plaza).
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Season 5 of Drunk History will run 14 episodes,...
- 1/14/2017
- TVLine.com
“The Gorburger Show” is best known as a live-action Funny or Die digital series, in which T.J. Miller voices the show’s giant blue alien host. Now, Comedy Central has announced that they have greenlit the alternative late talk show to series.
The first season will consist of eight episodes, executive produced by Miller who will continue to voice and puppet the title character.
“In these times? Damn we need a blue ass monster alien to talk about what the heck is going on with humanity. And what is the difference between a hog and a chicken?” Miller said in a statement.
“Through his monster alter ego, ‘Gorburger,’ T.J. Miller will ask the big questions. Then he will confuse us with clarity,” Comedy Central president Kent Alterman added.
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“The Gorburger Show” centers on the extra-terrestrial who,...
The first season will consist of eight episodes, executive produced by Miller who will continue to voice and puppet the title character.
“In these times? Damn we need a blue ass monster alien to talk about what the heck is going on with humanity. And what is the difference between a hog and a chicken?” Miller said in a statement.
“Through his monster alter ego, ‘Gorburger,’ T.J. Miller will ask the big questions. Then he will confuse us with clarity,” Comedy Central president Kent Alterman added.
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“The Gorburger Show” centers on the extra-terrestrial who,...
- 1/14/2017
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
T.J. Miller's Funny or Die/Warner Music web series The Gorburger Show is heading to television. Comedy Central has ordered The Gorburger Show as an alternative weekly late-night show with an eight-episode order for premiere this spring. There is no time slot for the series, but The High Court‘s 12 Am berth is considered a likely berth. The show was created by Ryan McNeely and Josh Martin (aka the Director Brothers) who also write, direct, and executive produce. Silicon Val…...
- 1/14/2017
- Deadline TV
Comedy Central has ordered the alternative late-night series “The Gorburger Show” from executive producer T.J. Miller to series, network president Kent Alterman announced Friday at the Television Critics Association press tour. The series previously produced two seasons and 19 episodes as a live action Funny Or Die digital series. It features a giant blue extra-terrestrial (voiced by Miller). After invading a Japanese television variety show and enslaving its staff, a big blue alien named Gorburger broadcasts from Japan and interviews guests in an attempt to understand what it means to be human. Also Read: 'Workaholics' to End After Season 7 on Comedy.
- 1/13/2017
- by Joe Otterson
- The Wrap
Last year, National Geographic’s climate change documentary, “Before the Flood, executive produced by Leonardo DiCaprio and Fisher Stevens, became the network’s most watched film ever due to it being the most broadly distributed program it had ever released.
Now Variety reports, that in an effort to continue developing outstanding nonfiction work, National Geographic Networks has launched a new banner titled National Geographic Documentary Films, which focuses on producing feature-length documentaries.
“We abandoned the space for some reason, but now we are actively resuming our proper place,” the network’s CEO Courteney Monroe told the publication. “We want to be making timely, issue-oriented, very provocative films with the very best documentary filmmakers in the business. Given the success of ‘Before the Flood’ and ‘He Named Me Malala,’ these are the types of stories we want to be telling.”
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Now Variety reports, that in an effort to continue developing outstanding nonfiction work, National Geographic Networks has launched a new banner titled National Geographic Documentary Films, which focuses on producing feature-length documentaries.
“We abandoned the space for some reason, but now we are actively resuming our proper place,” the network’s CEO Courteney Monroe told the publication. “We want to be making timely, issue-oriented, very provocative films with the very best documentary filmmakers in the business. Given the success of ‘Before the Flood’ and ‘He Named Me Malala,’ these are the types of stories we want to be telling.”
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- 1/13/2017
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
To paraphrase Jaws: I think we’re gonna need a bigger piece of dragonglass.
This week’s Game of Thrones finds Jon fighting the biggest (and scariest) battle yet — and losing big — against the frozen army of the undead. Elsewhere, forget the thrilla in Manilla: It was a scene in Meereen when Tyrion Lannister finally had an official audience with Daenerys Targaryen.
To find out how both of these situations resolved, read on as we recap “Hardhome.”
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House Targaryen | Daenerys is skeptical that Tyrion, who stands next to...
This week’s Game of Thrones finds Jon fighting the biggest (and scariest) battle yet — and losing big — against the frozen army of the undead. Elsewhere, forget the thrilla in Manilla: It was a scene in Meereen when Tyrion Lannister finally had an official audience with Daenerys Targaryen.
To find out how both of these situations resolved, read on as we recap “Hardhome.”
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House Targaryen | Daenerys is skeptical that Tyrion, who stands next to...
- 6/1/2015
- TVLine.com
HBO will soon be home to an odd extraterrestrial character and talk show host. The television network has ordered a pilot from Funny or Die based on its YouTube web series The Gorburger Show.
Created by directors and writers Josh Martin and Ryan McNeely, The Gorburger Show will be based on the same premise as the Funny or Die series. In Gorburger, the titular character (voiced by T.J. Miller) is a giant blue alien who has taken over a Japanese talk show, holding the staff and crew hostage while attempting to learn about humanity by way of celebrity, artist, and cultural icon interviews. The HBO pilot of Gorburger will feature guest stars Moby, Ed Helms, and Johnny Knoxville, as well as a performance from the band Eagles of Death Metal.
Martin and McNeely will executive produce The Gorburger Show pilot alongside Dave Becky of 3 Arts, Sean Boyle and Mike Farah of Funny or Die,...
Created by directors and writers Josh Martin and Ryan McNeely, The Gorburger Show will be based on the same premise as the Funny or Die series. In Gorburger, the titular character (voiced by T.J. Miller) is a giant blue alien who has taken over a Japanese talk show, holding the staff and crew hostage while attempting to learn about humanity by way of celebrity, artist, and cultural icon interviews. The HBO pilot of Gorburger will feature guest stars Moby, Ed Helms, and Johnny Knoxville, as well as a performance from the band Eagles of Death Metal.
Martin and McNeely will executive produce The Gorburger Show pilot alongside Dave Becky of 3 Arts, Sean Boyle and Mike Farah of Funny or Die,...
- 5/27/2015
- by Bree Brouwer
- Tubefilter.com
After a two-season run on YouTube, T.J. Miller’s Funny or Die/Warner Music web series The Gorburger Show is headed to television. HBO has ordered a pilot for the half-hour project, created, co-written and directed by Josh Martin and Ryan McNeely (aka The Director Brothers) and co-written by Silicon Valley‘s Miller who also voices and puppets the title character, an animatronic monster. Andy Samberg executive produces. The Gorburger Show, which is currently filming in Los…...
- 5/27/2015
- Deadline TV
The Gorburger Show is going mainstream.
The YouTube sensation, created by and starring Silicon Valley‘s T.J. Miller, has received a pilot order at HBO, TVLine has learned.
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To those unfamiliar with Gorburger, here’s the crazypants premise: A giant, blue, space monster (voiced by Miller), crashes into earth and immediately invades a Japanese morning show, despite only speaking English. He then uses the remaining, uneaten crew to host and interview the most interesting humans from pop-culture, music, art, technology, and more. (A sample episode has been embedded below for your viewing pleasure.
The YouTube sensation, created by and starring Silicon Valley‘s T.J. Miller, has received a pilot order at HBO, TVLine has learned.
RelatedSummer TV Calendar: Hannibal, Liars, Mistresses, 105+ Other Dates to Save
To those unfamiliar with Gorburger, here’s the crazypants premise: A giant, blue, space monster (voiced by Miller), crashes into earth and immediately invades a Japanese morning show, despite only speaking English. He then uses the remaining, uneaten crew to host and interview the most interesting humans from pop-culture, music, art, technology, and more. (A sample episode has been embedded below for your viewing pleasure.
- 5/27/2015
- TVLine.com
HBO had better prepare for an alien invasion: The premium cable channel has ordered Funny or Die comedy pilot “The Gorburger Show,” which stars T.J. Miller via voice-acting as a giant monster. “The Gorburger Show” is a talk show hosted by a blue space monster (Miller) who has invaded a Japanese morning talk show and held its staff hostage as he attempts to understand what it means to be human by interviewing celebrities, musicians, cultural icons, and Moby — who guests on the pilot. Also guesting on the first episode are Ed Helms and Johnny Knoxville. Miller executive produces and wrote the pilot.
- 5/27/2015
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
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